Adoptable pets this weekend: long-stay dogs and cats at the county shelter, plus Humane Society events in Westshore and Brandon

TAMPA - These pets were listed as available for adoption Friday morning, according to the county shelter's online kennel and the rescues' own pages. Ages are the shelters' estimates, and any animal can be adopted before you get there.

Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center

Meet them at 440 N. Falkenburg Road, open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, according to the Pet Resources department page. The six below are marked available and ready to go and are among the longest stays on the shelter's list:

• Snoop, a senior male American pit bull terrier, about 69 pounds, at the shelter about 229 days.
• Joestar, an adult male Australian cattle dog, about 58 pounds, about 228 days.
• Rome, a senior male American Staffordshire-type dog, about 53 pounds, about 210 days.
• Rocco, an adult male American pit bull terrier, about 61 pounds, about 181 days.
• Her Radiance Celeste, an adult female domestic shorthair cat, about 8.9 pounds, about 64 days.
• Baguette, an adolescent female domestic shorthair cat, about 8.2 pounds, about 51 days.

Weekend adoption events

• Humane Society of Tampa Bay at Petco Westshore, 136 S. Westshore Blvd.: Friday, Nov. 13, 4 to 7 p.m. The group is also collecting items for its pet pantry (event page).
• Humane Society of Tampa Bay, PetSmart Charities Adopt Joy at PetSmart Brandon, 1051 W. Brandon Blvd.: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2 to 5 p.m., with adoptable dogs (event page).
• Rebels Rescue of Tampa Bay has no event this weekend; its next adoption day is Saturday, Nov. 21, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pet Supermarket, 3806 S. Dale Mabry Highway, according to its events page.

Cat Crusaders

Cat Crusaders in New Tampa lists Nimbus, an adult male, and Luna, an adult female, among its adoptable cats, according to its adoption page. Walk-ins are welcome at the New Tampa PetSmart, but appointments are recommended. The group says its cats are spayed or neutered, microchipped and tested for FIV and FeLV.

The Humane Society's adoption center at 3607 N. Armenia Ave. is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, with last adoptions at 4:30 p.m., according to its hours page. Its individual animal listings could not be read today, so none are named here.

Source: Pet Resource Center adoptable pets; Pet Resources department; HSTB Petco Westshore event; HSTB Brandon Adopt Joy event; HSTB hours; Rebels Rescue events; Cat Crusaders adopt. Opened Nov. 13, 2026.